Technical Leadership Job Trends in the North of England

Technical Leadership
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring Technical Leadership skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 123 170 130
Rank change year-on-year +47 -40 +79
Permanent jobs citing Technical Leadership 158 117 172
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 1.50% 1.26% 2.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.85% 1.40% 2.43%
Number of salaries quoted 126 79 143
10th Percentile £57,250 £52,500 £42,874
25th Percentile £67,000 £57,420 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £70,000 £65,351
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% +7.11% -6.64%
75th Percentile £85,000 £78,125 £74,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £89,250 £81,250
England median annual salary £80,000 £75,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +6.67% - -6.25%

All Process & Methodology Skills
North of England

Technical Leadership falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 8,559 8,368 7,068
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 81.49% 90.10% 90.15%
Number of salaries quoted 4,524 3,765 5,537
10th Percentile £27,750 £31,250 £29,500
25th Percentile £32,000 £40,000 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £51,750 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.38% -1.43% -1.87%
75th Percentile £66,250 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £81,250 £82,548
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Technical Leadership
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Technical Leadership relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Technical Leadership job vacancy trend in the North of England

Technical Leadership
Salary Trend in the North of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Technical Leadership.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Technical Leadership

Technical Leadership
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Technical Leadership in the North of England over the 6 months to 4 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Technical Leadership in the North of England

Technical Leadership
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Technical Leadership within the North of England region over the 6 months to 4 January 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North West +55 87 £75,000 +9.49% 77
Yorkshire +11 56 £75,450 +7.79% 78
North East +3 16 £75,000 -0.27% 18
Technical Leadership
England

Technical Leadership
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 3 (1.90%) Mule
2 2 (1.27%) HCL Notes
2 2 (1.27%) IIS
2 2 (1.27%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 2 (1.27%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.63%) Apache Solr
3 1 (0.63%) CMS
3 1 (0.63%) Headless CMS
Applications
1 1 (0.63%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (1.27%) Dynamics GP
1 2 (1.27%) Oracle BPM
1 2 (1.27%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.63%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 61 (38.61%) Azure
2 47 (29.75%) AWS
3 29 (18.35%) SaaS
4 12 (7.59%) GCP
5 10 (6.33%) Microsoft 365
6 9 (5.70%) Power Platform
7 7 (4.43%) GitHub
8 4 (2.53%) AWS CloudFormation
8 4 (2.53%) Azure Data Factory
8 4 (2.53%) Azure Logic Apps
8 4 (2.53%) Microsoft Purview
8 4 (2.53%) Serverless
9 3 (1.90%) Amazon ECS
10 2 (1.27%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 2 (1.27%) GitHub Copilot
10 2 (1.27%) IaaS
10 2 (1.27%) OCI
10 2 (1.27%) PaaS
11 1 (0.63%) Amazon EC2
11 1 (0.63%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 9 (5.70%) DNS
2 3 (1.90%) Firewall
3 2 (1.27%) VPN
4 1 (0.63%) BGP
4 1 (0.63%) LAN
4 1 (0.63%) Network Security
4 1 (0.63%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (8.86%) PostgreSQL
2 12 (7.59%) MongoDB
3 11 (6.96%) NoSQL
4 8 (5.06%) MySQL
4 8 (5.06%) SQL Server
5 5 (3.16%) Metadata
6 3 (1.90%) Oracle Database
7 2 (1.27%) Data Lake
7 2 (1.27%) Relational Database
7 2 (1.27%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 2 (1.27%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 2 (1.27%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 1 (0.63%) Apache Cassandra
8 1 (0.63%) Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.63%) Oracle BI Publisher
8 1 (0.63%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 12 (7.59%) GitLab
2 9 (5.70%) Git
3 5 (3.16%) Jenkins
4 3 (1.90%) Rational DOORS
4 3 (1.90%) Selenium
5 1 (0.63%) Cucumber
5 1 (0.63%) Cypress.io
5 1 (0.63%) JUnit
General
1 31 (19.62%) Finance
1 31 (19.62%) Social Skills
2 11 (6.96%) Public Sector
3 10 (6.33%) Banking
4 9 (5.70%) Financial Institution
4 9 (5.70%) Retail
5 8 (5.06%) Analytical Skills
5 8 (5.06%) Marketing
6 7 (4.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 6 (3.80%) Electronics
7 6 (3.80%) Games
8 5 (3.16%) Aerospace
9 4 (2.53%) Billing
9 4 (2.53%) Military
10 3 (1.90%) Law
10 3 (1.90%) Legal
10 3 (1.90%) Manufacturing
11 2 (1.27%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (1.27%) Local Government
12 1 (0.63%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 82 (51.90%) Lead
2 42 (26.58%) Developer
3 29 (18.35%) Lead Developer
4 26 (16.46%) Architect
5 24 (15.19%) Senior
6 16 (10.13%) Software Engineer
7 14 (8.86%) Systems Engineer
8 12 (7.59%) Software Developer
9 11 (6.96%) Principal Engineer
10 10 (6.33%) Cloud Engineer
11 9 (5.70%) Lead Software Engineer
11 9 (5.70%) Senior Developer
12 8 (5.06%) .NET Developer
12 8 (5.06%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
12 8 (5.06%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 8 (5.06%) Lead Cloud Engineer
12 8 (5.06%) Lead Infrastructure Engineer
12 8 (5.06%) Lead Systems Engineer
12 8 (5.06%) Python Developer
13 7 (4.43%) Lead Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (22.78%) .NET
2 16 (10.13%) React
3 13 (8.23%) RESTful
4 10 (6.33%) Spring
5 9 (5.70%) Spring Boot
6 6 (3.80%) .NET Core
7 5 (3.16%) CSS
7 5 (3.16%) HTML
7 5 (3.16%) Micronaut
8 4 (2.53%) Node.js
8 4 (2.53%) PySpark
8 4 (2.53%) Vue
9 3 (1.90%) AngularJS
9 3 (1.90%) CSS3
9 3 (1.90%) HTML5
9 3 (1.90%) Kafka
10 2 (1.27%) ASP.NET MVC
10 2 (1.27%) Bootstrap
10 2 (1.27%) Express.js
10 2 (1.27%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 17 (10.76%) Product Ownership
2 15 (9.49%) Cloud Native
3 14 (8.86%) Distributed Systems
4 10 (6.33%) Legacy Systems
5 9 (5.70%) Driving Licence
6 7 (4.43%) Marketing Technology
7 6 (3.80%) AI Agents
8 5 (3.16%) Clustering
9 4 (2.53%) Algorithms
9 4 (2.53%) Distributed Computing
9 4 (2.53%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 4 (2.53%) Mobile App
9 4 (2.53%) SWIFT Messaging Network
9 4 (2.53%) Virtual Team
10 2 (1.27%) Data Centre
10 2 (1.27%) Onboarding
10 2 (1.27%) SCADA
11 1 (0.63%) Cybercrime
11 1 (0.63%) Online Banking
11 1 (0.63%) Robotics
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (40.51%) Mentoring
2 49 (31.01%) Agile
3 35 (22.15%) Problem-Solving
3 35 (22.15%) Software Engineering
4 33 (20.89%) Coaching
5 32 (20.25%) Continuous Improvement
6 31 (19.62%) CI/CD
6 31 (19.62%) Microservices
7 30 (18.99%) Roadmaps
8 25 (15.82%) AI
9 23 (14.56%) DevOps
10 18 (11.39%) Clean Code
10 18 (11.39%) Containerisation
10 18 (11.39%) TDD
11 17 (10.76%) Full-Stack Development
12 16 (10.13%) Systems Engineering
13 15 (9.49%) People Management
13 15 (9.49%) Test Automation
14 14 (8.86%) Performance Engineering
14 14 (8.86%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 37 (23.42%) C#
2 29 (18.35%) Python
3 24 (15.19%) Java
4 21 (13.29%) SQL
5 14 (8.86%) TypeScript
6 13 (8.23%) JavaScript
7 9 (5.70%) MATLAB
8 6 (3.80%) T-SQL
9 5 (3.16%) PowerShell
10 3 (1.90%) Bash
10 3 (1.90%) C++
10 3 (1.90%) PHP
11 2 (1.27%) ABAP
11 2 (1.27%) Bicep
11 2 (1.27%) Kotlin
11 2 (1.27%) Scala
12 1 (0.63%) Delphi
12 1 (0.63%) Go
Qualifications
1 19 (12.03%) BPSS Clearance
2 16 (10.13%) Degree
3 6 (3.80%) SC Cleared
3 6 (3.80%) Security Cleared
4 4 (2.53%) AWS Certification
4 4 (2.53%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 3 (1.90%) Chartered Engineer
5 3 (1.90%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (1.27%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 2 (1.27%) Azure Certification
6 2 (1.27%) CISSP
6 2 (1.27%) HNC
6 2 (1.27%) HND
7 1 (0.63%) CCNP
7 1 (0.63%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (7.59%) QA
2 4 (2.53%) Accessibility
2 4 (2.53%) ISO 20022
2 4 (2.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (2.53%) SEPA
2 4 (2.53%) TARGET2
3 3 (1.90%) ISO/IEC 15288
4 2 (1.27%) NIST
4 2 (1.27%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.63%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.63%) GRC
System Software
1 20 (12.66%) Docker
2 2 (1.27%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 20 (12.66%) Kubernetes
2 14 (8.86%) Terraform
3 3 (1.90%) Ansible
4 2 (1.27%) Grafana
Vendors
1 15 (9.49%) Microsoft
2 9 (5.70%) Databricks
3 8 (5.06%) Oracle
4 3 (1.90%) IBM
5 2 (1.27%) Cisco
5 2 (1.27%) Foundry
5 2 (1.27%) Lotus
5 2 (1.27%) Palo Alto
5 2 (1.27%) SAP
6 1 (0.63%) Aruba
6 1 (0.63%) Extreme Networks
6 1 (0.63%) Fortinet
6 1 (0.63%) HP
6 1 (0.63%) Talend
6 1 (0.63%) UiPath
6 1 (0.63%) YouTube